#4B236B#4B236B

#4B236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.122 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B236B
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 33.30, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 48.08, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0731 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.122 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1560, 3.7595, 14.3084)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B236B #436B23

analogous

#27236B #4B236B #6B2367

triadic

#4B236B #6B4B23 #236B4B

tetradic

#4B236B #6B2723 #436B23 #23676B

square

#4B236B #6B2723 #436B23 #23676B

split-complementary

#4B236B #676B23 #236B27

monochromatic

#100817 #2B143D #4B236B #6B3299 #8B46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#4B236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4B236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B236B

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B236B	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.122 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806196',
    500: '#4b236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b236b;
$custom-light: #806196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34944,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B236B

secondary

#709E4B

accent

#DA4E8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B236B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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